Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson used ropes and safety harnesses to catch themselves in case of a fall, but relied entirely on their own strength and dexterity to ascend by grasping cracks as thin as razor blades and as small as dimes.

"Preferred primary" status for an ambulance service isn't as lucrative as an exclusive franchise, but in Rogersville it may be the difference between life and death for the struggling Hawkins County EMS.